Anchoring device for stump-pullers.



No. 746,595. PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

WILLIAM SMITH, OF LA CRESCENT, MINNESOTA.

ANCHORING DEVICE FOR STUMP-PULLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,595, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed May 28, 1903. Serial No. 158,519. (No model.)

To ritZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Orescent, in the county of Houston and State .of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Anchoring Devices for Stump- Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to. new and useful improvements in anchoring devices for stump-pullers and similar machines, and especially to that class of anchoring devices which are adapted or constructed to be embedded in the ground and serve as a standard to which the stump-puller is anchored during the process of pulling stumps.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of the character above mentioned which will be extremely simple in construction and at the same time of great re sistance, strength, and durability in use.

A further and important object is to so construct the device that it may be firmly and securely embedded in the ground without being driven into position and to obviate the necessity of digging a hole and then tamping the anchor in position therein.

In the operation of pulling stumps it has been the usual course to anchor the stumppulling machine to a stump, which serves as the resistance against which the pull is made. In many instances it is found that the stump being pulled is more strongly seated in the ground than the stump serving as an anchor, and consequently the anchor-stump will be uprootedinsteadoftheoneintended. Again, the anchorstump being fixed in the ground it is impossible in many instances to have the stump-puller anchored at the-point most advantageous or convenient for the work. Therefore a further object is to provide an anchor which is readily transportable and which when in position will be so firmly seated as to be practically immovable.

The invention consists in providing an anchor pole or beam'one end of which is adapted to be directed and seated in the ground in a position inclined in the direction of force exerted by the stump-puller, said pole being provided with means whereby it may be directed and held in the ground by means of placed from its inclined position, and consequently drawn from its seat in the ground.

I havefully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the complete anchoring device and the preferred manner of securing a stump pulling machine thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the anchor cable or rope. anchor pole or beam.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a stump-pulling machine of the general type in connection with which my improved anchoring device is designed and intended to he used. This stump-puller, as shown in the drawings, is substantially the same as that embodying the subject-matter of my Letters Patent No. 509,774, November 28, 1893, and

Fig. 3 is a detail View of the consists of a base portion 2, upon which is The anchoring device as shown consists of an anchor pole or member 7, of stout timber and of such length and thickness as to best attain the objects and uses for which it is employed. This pole or member is sharpened at one end for a portion of its length to form a point 8, which is adapted to be forced into and seated in the ground. From the pointed portion 8 the pole is reduced inthickness toward its upper end to form a handle portion 9, by means of which the said pole is manipulated when being placed in-its operative position.

10 designates the anchor rope or cable, one

the drawings.

end of which is formed with the hook 11 and the other end of which is formed with a loop or eye 12, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of This anchoring-rope is attached and secured to the stump-puller at one end by passing a portion of the rope about the hook 6 on the stump-puller and hooking the hook 11 about the said rope, substantially as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The rope is secured at the other end to the anchor-pole 7 by passing the loop 12 over said pole and permitting said loop to rest adjacent the sharpened portion 8, so that it will engage the surface of the ground when the pole is embedded the proper distance. After the pole has been embedded in the ground a sufficient distance to insure a strong resistance to the pull exerted thereon a suitable rope or other connection 13 is secured to the extreme free end of the pole, and to the lower end of the rope is hung a suitable weight 14, which may be of an form whatever and which is designed to hold the free end of the pole down in order that the said pole will not be thrown forward by the pull on the anchor-rope, and consequently dislodged from its position. It Will be seen that this weight constitutes an equalizing device which is arranged to oppose the force exerted upon the pole by means of the stump-puller, and consequently equalize the pull on each side of the pole in order that the sharpened portion 8 and the hooked end is secured to the stump-pulling machine. Of course it is obvious'that the anchor-rope may be reversedthat is, the loop be secured to the stump-puller and the hooked end to the anchor-pole. The operator then grasps the anchor-pole at the handle portion and directs the point 8 at the place in the ground where it is desired to be embedded. The stump-puller is then operated, by means of the sweep 5,to put the drag-rope 4and anchorrope 10 under tension, whereby a direct pull will be exerted upon the anchor-pole, which pull will force the point into the ground in a direction inclined with relation to the surface thereof. While the point of the pole is being directed into the ground the operator continues his grasp upon the handle portion of the said pole and at the same time exerts a downward pressure thereon in order that the pull thereon willnot throw the pole over. As soon as the anchor-rope comes into contact with the ground and the pole is properly embedded the distance required the weight is hung upon the end of the pole at the handle portion, whereby a strong and practically immovable anchoring device is provided.

What I claim is- 1. In an anchoring device, an inclined memberembedded in the ground at its lower end, an anchor-cable secured to the member adjacent its lower end and a weight secured to upper end of the member to exert a downward pressure thereon.

2. The combination with a stump-pulling machine, of an anchoring device comprising an inclined memberhavingone end embedded in the ground, said stump-pulling machine being secured to said member at a point adjacent the surface of the ground, and a weight secured to said member at a point remote from the surface of the ground.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SMITH.

Witnesses:

MARK W. SMITH, W. M. SELBY. 

